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16.18.010 Definitions

(a) "Belcourt" shall mean the community of South Belcourt which is located immediately south of U.S. Highway #28l and North Dakota State Highway #5. Belcourt shall include LaBelle Court, the one hundred (100) units of low rent housing.

(b) "Board" as used in these by-laws shall mean the Turtle Mountain Health Board.

(c) "Tribal Council" shall mean the Tribal Council of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, which is the governing body of the people who are enrolled members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and which is the sponsoring body of the Turtle Mountain Health Board.

(d) "Districts I, II, III, and IV" are those districts of the Turtle Mountain Jurisdiction as defined by the Tribal Council's Constitution and By-Laws, specifically Article V, Section 6.

(e) The term "just cause" shall mean, as defined in Black's Law Dictionary, (Revised 4th Ed. 1968), "A cause outside legal cause which must be based on reasonable grounds, and there must be a fair and honest cause or reason, regulated by good faith".

(f) The term "Turtle Mountain Jurisdiction" shall mean the same as specifically defined in Section 1.05.020 of The Turtle Mountain Tribal Code.

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